Maria Angela Cenci Nilsson

Background

Nilsson, Maria Angela Cenci Daughter of Tarcisio Cenci and Lauretta Paiola Cenci.

Education

Doctor of Medicine, University Verona, Italy, 1986. Doctor of Philosophy in Neurobiology, Lund University, Sweden, 1993.

Career

Director Basal Ganglia Pathophysiology Laboratory, Lund, since 2004. Professor experimental medical research Lund University, since 2008.

Achievements

• Licence in medical profession Swedish National Board Health and Welfare, 1994, certified neurology specialist University Verona, 1990. Achievements include research in symptomatic models of Parkinson’s Disease and L-DOPA-induced dyskinesia in mice and rats. Research in range of molecular and structural changes produced in the brain by antiparkinsonian drug therapy.

Membership

Member of Swedish Movement Disorders Society (member steering committee since 1998), Basal Ganglia Disorders Linné Consortium since 2008, Neurofortis, Strong Research Environment Neurodegeneration, Plasticity and Repair (Lund) since 2005, Neuronanosci. Research Center (Lund) since 2006, International Basal Ganglia Society (member science council since 2004).

Connections

Married Ola G. Nilsson, July 4, 1992. Children: Thomas A. Nilsson, Robert F. Nilsson.

Father:

Tarcisio Cenci

Mother:

Lauretta Paiola Cenci

Spouse:

Ola G. Nilsson

child:

Thomas A. Nilsson

child:

Robert F. Nilsson